£1m-plus pay rise for boss of British Gas owner is `kick in the teeth`, says Labour
(The Guardian Money News)

Centrica chief Iain Conn´s package leaps to more than £4m as energy suppliers face criticism over rising prices The boss of British Gas´s parent company was handed a pay increase of nearly 40% last year, a raise Labour attacked as `astronomical` and a `kick in the teeth` for millions of families living in fuel poverty.Centrica chief executive Iain Conn´s remuneration jumped from £3.02m in 2015 to £4.15m in 2016, enough to pay the heating and lighting bills for nearly 4,000 customers on the company´s standard tariff. Continue reading...